In this chapter, we learn that Caius Martius has fallen in love with Rat-Bird, and that he has been trying to woo her ever since. The rat-bird has been spying on him ever since, and now he's afraid to follow him, because he doesn't want to be associated with the "shameful images" of the previous day. He tells the rat to stop following him, and then he tells the bird that he can't bear to see him anymore, because the images of the past day have scared him. He asks the bird to stop, and the bird thanks him for the medicine he requested for scratches. The bird then tells the man that he likes him, so he'll give him some needles and thread to use to mend his clothes. He's going to have to do it himself, since he'd rather be mending clothes than wooing a girl.